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Chapter 23 - Chapter 22

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"Hey! Hey! Are you still sleeping?" I felt someone poke my left cheek over and over again with their finger.

"Um..." I answered sleepily and opened my eyes. Then I saw Katerina squatting right next to me, with her index finger pushing my face. She was not happy to see me.

"Hi..." I said, trying to break the awkwardness when her finger is pushing my cheek harder and harder. She let out a sigh, then took a deep breath. She stood up and started to walk away from me. However, after a few steps, she turned around and started hollering at me.

"Are you stupid? To let Ardwyad drink your blood!" Her face was red, and her hands were shaking with anger. Tears seemed to be forming in her eyes. She stomped her feet, again and again, cursing under her breath repeatedly.

"I was trying to save him. Because... He was dying... And..." I tried to explain and sat up with my dizzy head.

"You think the Prince of Darkness will die that easily?"

"Uh... I..."

"Now, let me explain all of this shit to you... When a Vampire drinks a witch's blood, they will become very strong and hyper for a certain period of time. Yet after that amount of time is over, they will be extremely thirsty and week. See? One time Tobias drank my blood, he just went crazy! Running, shouting, playing, swimming... Everything you think a hyper teenager would do. The next day, he was so thirsty for blood that he killed 2 of his Blood Servants. Do you understand?" Katerina said with such a stone face that I nodded quickly, actually not really understanding. "Moreover, you are his mate so... Ah! Forget it, he can explain that to you."

"I... I... I think I know what you're saying..."

"Of course, you do!" Katerina said sarcastically. "Oh, he came to see you, you better wake up now."

"Wait, wait!" I shouted, and everything started falling apart again.

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I opened my eyes slowly and saw a figure sitting right beside me, by my bed.

"Hey," I said.

"Hey." He answered, and touched my forehead gently, his fingers were icy cold. "How do you feel?"

"Um... Great?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You sure? Uh... Anyways! You were so stupid to give your blood to me. But... Thank you. I feel better now." Ardwyad said and gave me a soft kiss on the forehead. "Just, please. Don't ever do that again."

"Actually... I always wanted to ask you, how old am I?"

"1017, and I'm 1018. Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering. So you are 1 year older than me. How about your birthday?"

"January 11th."

"I'm October 27th! Then you are only three months older than me." I said smiling like a little child. He just stared down at me with confused eyes.

"Can I ask you something then?" Ardwyad said and leaned closer to me. "You were telling me about your dreams last time. You said there were 3 kinds, but you never told me the third kind."

"Oh, you're right! I always tell you..." I began, but was interrupted by a loud "BOOOM!! DANG!!!"

Suddenly, the door to my room exploded, and a very strong smell of smoke came to me. I couldn't help but to cough and hide under my covers. Then I felt someone pull my blanket away in lightning speed and mighty strength.

"Katerina! Are you okay? I heard that you let that jerk drink your blood, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Flame asked all in one breathe.

"Uh! Flame..." Ardwyad growled loudly like an angry beast.

"I'm... fine?" I answered, and peeked out of my blanket. "Thanks?" It sounded more of a question.

"Now, you, get out of my mate's room," Ardwyad said grouchily, and very, very, very, angrily. "Before I rip your head off."

"Oh my God, Ardwyad!" I exclaimed in a shocking tone. "You don't talk like that about your brother!"

"See? My little girl cares at least that much about me." Flame or Maelogan said dramatically and walked out the room holding his hand over his heart.

I looked over to Ardwyad and frowned.

Ardwyad just gave a small smile and patted my hair softly. "Just don't mind him... Yah, and today I am going to introduce my family to you. So, are you well? I mean... If you are healthy enough..."

'Yes, I'll be fine. Just let me get in a shower first and change into some decent clothes?' I asked blushing wildly. I was still wearing the silky white nightgown that Irina gave me last night.

"Alvera bought you some clothes the other day, and there are all in your wardrobe, so Irina will help you with that." He said trying to sound serious, but I could tell he was feeling a little, awkward.

"Why are you that face?" I asked innocently and followed his gaze which led to...

"Shit, you pervert!" I half-screamed, half-laughed, and quickly covered my top tightly with my blankets. My nightgown was a little too big for me, so one side of my gown had slipped off my shoulder without me noticing. On top of that, this gown was a little see-through, so... I'm not sure if you got the picture, but he was staring right at my bra.

"I'm gonna get to see it one day," He said with a cocky smirk and stood up. He walked toward the door, and right before he left the room, out eyes met, but I quickly looked away.

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After I got out of the shower and hopped into the set of clothes that Irina chose for me... I walked down the hall and then downstairs and found everybody waiting for me.

"Finally..." Alvera complained and moved so that I can sit between her and Ardwyad.

Nobody talked. Everyone seemed to be waiting for the other person to speak.

"So..." I said, trying to somehow the silence, but Alvera interrupted me.

"Tobias... Aren't you gonna talk?"

"Shut up, Al," Ardwyad said and gave her a strong glare.

"Whatever," Alvera said and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

"Ahem... Today I want to introduce my... mate. Katerina Gia Ringer. We have been looking and waiting for her return for 1000 years, and now we have found her, but... Now that we've found her, we find that she had lost all of her memories... Also her powers."

"Wait, wasn't her powers returning?" Flame added, disturbing Ardwyad's words.

"NO INTERRUPTIONS! YOU KNOW BETTER, K, her power is...' Ardwyad shouted angrily, his eyes turning black, but stopped at his last word. I pulled Ardwyad's sleeve gently, trying to pull back his attention. He looked down over to me, who was sitting on the right side of him. He took a deep breath and sighed. His eyes softened a little and I could tell that he was trying to smile.

I gave him a small smile in return and nodded for him to continue.

"Now, let's continue. This is Delia Alvera Evans my older sister. Her gift is creating stupid Ice which is worthless." Ardwyad continued.

"How dare you say that my Ice is stupid, I shall cut you damn throat open!" Alvera jumped up and a long sharp stick of ice appeared in her hand, then she moved in such speed that I didn't even see her jump over me and sat on top of Ardwyad, her sword was only an inch away from his throat.

"Very cool..." Ardwyad laughed coldly. He didn't even bother moving. "You think you really would cut me?"

"Asshole," Alvera said and jumped back into her seat.

"Next is Maelogan Flame Evans. His gift is black fire. Next is Kevyn Jestin Evans. I think he told Katerina his first name. Also, his gift is controlling time, he can make time go backward. Last is me, Ardwyad Tobias Evans, the prince of Darkness, and the present King of the Vampires."

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